Photo: Yprahs · CC BY 3.0Laurel Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 4% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Ohio. Employers in Laurel Township report 83 jobs, against 330 working residents. Laurel Township grades C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Laurel Township
Laurel Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 51 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 391 hours of commuting, 215 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (27 to 35 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Laurel Township and Logan trade workers both ways
Logan is the top workplace for Laurel Township residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Laurel Township come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Laurel Township is a place people come home to
There are 83 jobs based in Laurel Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 330 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Laurel Township
On income, poverty and job access, Laurel Township is better than 37% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Laurel Township’s grade up (6.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 19% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Laurel Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Laurel Township could be anywhere from D to A−.
Commuting from Laurel Township: about 51 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Laurel Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 326 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
20% of working residents work in Logan
Where Laurel Township clocks in
20% of workers
11% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The daily commute in and out of Laurel Township
On a workday 329 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere.
About 810 people are in Laurel Township on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Laurel Township is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Laurel Township, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 83. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Laurel Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Laurel Township
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Laurel Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Laurel Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 340 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Laurel Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Laurel Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Laurel Township ranks 1,456th of 3,133 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 35 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Granville South OH | 1,146 | $131K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,454 | Rome ME | 1,184 | $78K | 10.3% | 4.8% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,455 | Nordland Township MN | 1,027 | $76K | 6.4% | 2.2% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,456 | Laurel Township OH | 1,053 | $64K | 6.3% | 0.0% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,457 | Belle Rose LA | 1,400 | $61K | 11.2% | 9.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,458 | Fulda MN | 1,303 | $71K | 7.3% | 2.5% | 9% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Laurel Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
The towns around Laurel Township
The biggest share goes to Falls Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Laurel Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Township | – | C+ | D | 51 min | $64,271 |
| Benton Township | 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Perry Township | under 2% | D | D | 32 min | $59,229 |
| Falls Township | 3% | C− | C | 27 min | $62,904 |
| Good Hope Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 35 min | $80,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. Benton Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Laurel Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Laurel Township: questions
What is the median household income in Laurel Township?
$64,271 (±$42,673) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Laurel Township?
6.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Laurel Township?
51 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Laurel Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (20%, 9 mi), Lancaster (11%, 16 mi), Athens (4%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Laurel Township walkable?
Laurel Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Laurel Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Laurel Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Laurel Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.